Papadopoulos Surname
Approximately 74,223 people bear this surname
Papadopoulos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 59,044 | 1:188 | 1 |
| Cyprus | 3,368 | 1:263 | 32 |
| United States | 3,319 | 1:109,207 | 11,919 |
| Germany | 2,378 | 1:33,854 | 4,473 |
| Australia | 1,658 | 1:16,282 | 2,304 |
| Canada | 1,126 | 1:32,723 | 4,238 |
| England | 820 | 1:67,949 | 7,860 |
| Belgium | 383 | 1:30,017 | 4,858 |
| South Africa | 342 | 1:158,414 | 17,833 |
| Sweden | 328 | 1:30,021 | 2,449 |
| France | 321 | 1:206,924 | 32,150 |
| Switzerland | 147 | 1:55,870 | 7,138 |
| Argentina | 130 | 1:328,795 | 26,002 |
| Netherlands | 125 | 1:135,097 | 20,820 |
| Brazil | 120 | 1:1,783,953 | 57,833 |
| Austria | 60 | 1:141,924 | 19,117 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Spain | 37 | 1:1,263,569 | 42,239 |
| Thailand | 33 | 1:2,140,556 | 247,258 |
| Luxembourg | 30 | 1:19,351 | 4,315 |
| Scotland | 26 | 1:205,916 | 10,908 |
| Finland | 25 | 1:219,868 | 18,073 |
| Italy | 22 | 1:2,779,849 | 97,128 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 1:205,833 | 20,770 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Romania | 20 | 1:1,003,894 | 52,576 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 18 | 1:5,510 | 685 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Croatia | 16 | 1:264,288 | 27,725 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 1 | 1:7,858 | 154 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
The alternate forms: Papadópoulos (1) are calculated separately.
Papadopoulos (79) may also be a first name.
Papadopoulos Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Son of Priest” in Greek.
(Greek) The son of the priest.
User-submitted Reference
The Kesisoglu surname means 'son of a priest-monk' in Turkish. It is often used by Greek minorities of Pontus, who over centuries changed their surnames from Greek to Turkish. Kesisoglu is equivalent to the Greek surname Papadopoulos.
- kostas123321The son of the priest; papa = priest; poulos = son.
- angelntzoufrasPapadopulos is a Greek surname, meaning 'son of a priest'.
- deleted-173293Papadopoulos Demographics
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Papadopoulos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Papadopoulos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Papadopoulos occurs in Greece more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Papadópoulos. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Papadopoulos? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,642nd most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 98,184 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Papadopoulos are found; 84 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 84 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 1,083,225th most commonly used given name world-wide, held by 79 people.
Papadopoulos is the most frequently held last name in one country:Greece, where 80 percent reside. The surname Papadopoulos is most common in Greece, where it is carried by 59,044 people, or 1 in 188. In Greece it is primarily found in: Central Macedonia, where 35 percent reside, Attica, where 26 percent reside and East Macedonia and Thrace, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Greece it exists in 91 countries. It also occurs in Cyprus, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Papadopoulos Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Papadopoulos surname are 10.29% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.52% registered with the party.
The amount Papadopoulos earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 42.56% less than the national average, earning €17,249 per year; in Norway they earn 161.6% more than the national average, earning 905,343 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 44.57% more than the national average, earning R 343,560 per year; in United States they earn 14.88% more than the national average, earning $49,569 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.46% more than the national average, earning $57,861 CAD per year.
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